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things – how I am tired
of the desert appearance
of these dull brown hills –
What I want to see is a nice
green [?], a thing I have
not seen since leaving
Eastern Nebraska. So far as rich
foliage and grass and warm
dashes of rain are concerned
I have not had summer
at all. In fact I've missed
summer altogether. Oh, for
a good rainstorm!

It's so dark now I can
scarcely see to finish so with
much Brotherly love I bid you
The Spanish Goodbye, "a'Dios."
– to God – which I think much
more beautiful than our style.

My love to you all.

Your plebian Brother,
H. W. B.

Address.
El Paso, El Paso Co., Tex, not Franklin as I said